Reference Summary: Strong Consistency ensures that any read will return the most recent write for a given piece of data. Your index isn't lying on purpose — but Postgres is absolutely going around it.
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Strong Consistency ensures that any read will return the most recent write for a given piece of data. Your index isn't lying on purpose — but Postgres is absolutely going around it.
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- Your index isn't lying on purpose — but Postgres is absolutely going around it.
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